Le management des services d’identité judiciaire : Pratiques et perceptions des dirigeants policiers du Québec en matière de criminalistique

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Mousseau, Vincent
Copyright Year	2018
Abstract	Along with investigators, lawyers, judges and intelligence analysts, police decision-makers represent an integral part of a group of non-scientific actors directly involved in the use of forensic science. They especially hold powers and responsibilities which can influence the quality and role of crime scene units within the organization they lead. However, at a time when forensic science faces several challenges about its contribution to crime investigations and its ability to provide accurate and relevant evidence, very few empirical studies have shown interested in the police managers' point of view. Therefore, the present study aims to understand how Quebec law enforcement decision-makers perceive the forensic science and how they manage the resources given to crime scene units. To do this, 18 semi-directive interviews were conducted with Quebec police managers who must deal with crime scene units within the organization they run. The results particularly raise that although police leaders have a certain level of knowledge in forensic science, they conceive the latter as an exclusively reactive discipline dedicated to the identification of offenders. They also tend to perceive the work of crime scene investigators as a technical and mechanical task rather than seeing it as a scientific process. In a context where police leaders must deal with many issues, this study highlights both the interest for a better understanding of forensic science in the decision-making sphere of Quebec law enforcement agencies and the benefit of a better coordination between police managers and the scientific and academic community in the province.
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